If its true, then man thats looks ugly! Its clear from the designs that they want to rival the Sennheiser HD800 and HD700, with this futuristic look.. What makes the manufacturers think that audiophiles dig this look? I am from the younger generation and this does not appeal to me at all.

And I thought the flagship was the th900 xP from fostex which apparently owns denon?

The TH900's are the flagship Fostex headphones, which is the company that is making the higher end headphones for Denon (Fostex makes them, denon brands them), otherwise the companies have nothing to do with each other.

Similar situation with the Apple earbuds, Fostex is the sole manufacturer of them, but Apple brands them.

And as for the looks of this new "headphone", I wish I could swear on this forum.

Also, has anyone noticed that the "contrast stitching" isn't even on the seam lines? Even the stitching is fake.

Hideous. I was about to be disappointed that I just ordered D7000 if a new upgrade was coming out but by the looks of that I can stand to pass.

I just got a pair of d7000 today because I wanted the wood denons before these came out, but if they sound good I might have too buy these too and live off of the cardbord the headphones came in for a few months.